Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Furret's Miscue "Why ban Zappy??"

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Light Vaporeon "Wasn't that a fun boat ride!"
Light Flareon "Sigh..."
Light Jolteon "Mr. Briney is such a nice man..."
Light Flareon stretches its legs and make a face...
Light Jolteon "It wasn't that bad Flareon, you spent
most of the time in the galley cooking."
Light Vaporeon "Burning our food is more like it!"
Light Flareon "You know I don't like boats..."

Light Jolteon gets out a map of Slateport city.
Light Vaporeon splashes in the waves as
Light Flareon trots arround in the nice warm sand.
Light Jolteon "Oh, look, its the Seashore House,
they sell Soda Pop there."

Light Flareon hears a RaNdOm remark while playing
in the sand.

Later, while drinking delicious Soda Pop and Touring
the Oceanic Museum...
Light Vaporeon "...only their cards??"
Light Jolteon "What do you think that is about?"
Light Flareon "A common misconception, Pokemon USA
is in charge of Organized Play as of today."
Light Vaperon "The Pokemon Company owns all the cards,
and they benefit from any sales of Pokemon Products,
no matter who manufactures them."


Light Flareon "I wonder if folks will remember that Neo
Destiny isn't really part of the Neo Block of cards, it
is more like the Second Rocket set?"
Light Jolteon "Well, I was too quick for Team Rocket,
that is how I got a good trainer and become a 'Light'
Pokemon."
Light Vaporeon "Me, too..."
 
Prof. Douglas Zuver said:
Light Flareon "A common misconception, Pokemon USA
is in charge of Organized Play as of today."
Light Vaperon "The Pokemon Company owns all the cards,
and they benefit from any sales of Pokemon Products,
no matter who manufactures them."

PDZ, you are off the scale, dude. Greatly enjoying your posts; much food for thought, esp. over in Deck Help.

Hey, here's another misconception, 'the only economic incentive for the current owners is current sales'. True, ALL product made by WOTC may have been sold.

[Someone may say, "I can still buy all the e-card sets and more in Target, etc.". True, again. But WOTC has been paid for those cards already, by the wholesaler/discounter; the owners already have their money from any royalties (well maybe there is a final payment coming, since the cutoff was yesterday, and I am assuming they've sold through all product).]

Noda: There is... another.... economic incentive...[noduh dies and vanishes]

I just bought my Expedition cards in the last year. I just bought Aquapolis and Skyridge, this year. I've been hanging in with a game that has been downsized & ostracized by the previous licensee in favor of in-house brands, I have been turned away from events (GCs) and had my children & wife who love the big tourneys be considered to old to play in Premiere OP (WCSC) and now I'm bereft of the only people who have ever fought for me as a player at that vendor (MTs). I'm hanging by my nails as a customer (and I live in the U.S.), so what's the word? "Well, dump all your cards and buy new. None but July 2003 on are allowed in OP, except for limited/unlimited." That could be it for a lot of people.

So, there's the economic incentive, keeping the current player-base happy. Having old product available for OP isn't going to stop the collectors from buying. If you look at the secondary markets like ebay, its the playable cards that carry the high prices in the current sets; this drives the primary market.
 
Observations of Otaku...

On the subject tof type balance....

Who here has tested out some of the newer Electric types? I have, and a lot of them are more potent than people give them credit for. They due tend to require a different approach to playing them. Aquapolis Zapdos is actually quite potent. First, for those whining about it "placing" counters on itself, if it did damage a)it would not be able to prevent it with Metals anyway under the new ruling and b)it would apply Weakness and do double damage to itself. It tested quite well, as did the Moltres: only the Articuno was lack-luster. Are they impossible to power up? No. must you build a deck around it? Yes. how hard is it to adapt? well, if it wasn't for the error ruling on Rainbow Energy. Yeah, i say its an error, Rainbow doesn't get a type until it has attached-Thats why Blastoise can't Raindance it. Eevee's Power is triggered at attachment, but checks type afterwards-it even says it flips, then checks the energy type only if the flip was a head. When someone reads the e-card Legendery Birds (and Dogs), both powers are triggered when you attach the offending energy "from hand". Even denied Rainbow, ther are other options. namely Crystal Energy, Energy Switch, and various Pokemon powers/attacks and manipulate energy placement. Crystal works well: use Juggler, discard two Lihgtning, attach Crystal, then use Plasma (which is still undercosted btw: C=10 damage): heads, and you're set! This also gives it a bit more speed... a successful Plasma lets you strike turn 3... and just so you know, you are always gouing to need a minimum of two turns, so its active and swinging, it has about a 75% chance of going off turn 3, baring babies and the like (and face it, unless they keep the promo ones, the e-card lot is pathetic and will not be used). That steady 60 can make it a real monster, and in a deck ready for it, you will some healing cards available, and the damage is only half the time anyway. Finally, what about "Best" Electabuzz? Its got about as much chance of staying as des the WotC E-cards.
 
I like the varied opinions here. Lots of diffrence. One of the most potent electrical types in my opinion, is the super dynamo electrode. That card has ALOT of potential, but does lose some strength now that dodrio comes out of the format(assuming the e-on format). BTW It has to be called Eon. Just eon, like the eon ticket. E---on just dosent work the same, am I right or what?
 
Agreed. I think of the different Modified and speculative Modified formats as Rocket On!, Neon, Eon and Exxon.
 
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